Kenyan athletes dominate Enugu City International Marathon

Kenyan runner, Koros Ken, on Saturday, emerged as the winner of the first edition of the Enugu City International Marathon, going home with $15,000 as prize money in a race dominated by Kenyans in both the male and female categories.

Steve Rasway, also of Kenya, finished second with a prize money of $10,000, while his countryman, Bernard Sang, went home with $5,000 for finishing third. It was a similar story in the women’s category when Shauline Chepkiru Koech of Kenya won the first prize.

Nigerian runner, Davou Ezekiel, from Jos finished first amongst the Nigerian runners, winning the N3 million prize money allotted for the indigenous athletes.

The marathon, which lived up to the pre-event hype with the turn out of runners, fans and the level of organisation, had all the spices of a world class race.

Governor Peter Mbah, who added colour to the event by participating in the 10km race said the race exceeded every expectation and he is very satisfied with both the participation and competition of the race.

“This race has shown us the power of Sports and what sports can do in galvanising our youths. I am really impressed with what i have seen and it has only motivated us as a state to put more efforts to make the race better and bigger next year,” the governor said.

Over 100 international elite athletes participated in the race, with thousands of Nigerian runners also taking part and making history as the maiden Edition of the Enugu City International marathon ended in grand style.